We have nothing to do in this book with cards used for gambling
purposes, but as instruments of Cartomancy we find them full of charm
and interest. Every person has a certain amount of superstition in his
nature and desires to take a look into the dim and mysterious future.
No one need be ashamed of confessing a certain amount of interest in
the unseen and occult. Strange coincidences are happening all the time,
and there are many inexplicable occurrences that meet us at every
turn. Educated men and women are taking an interest in the occult to a
greater extent than ever before, altho in the past the great statesmen
and famous women of France, even the great Napoleon himself, were
believers in the power of cards to foretell the future. Divination by
cards is of great antiquity and is still as popular as ever. Formerly
it was connected with astrologers’ incantation and religious practices.
Now, however, it is indulged in principally as a means of amusement.
Of course no one need be warned against the danger of taking a pack
of cards as a guide in matters of importance requiring judgment and
discretion.